Yonatan Schkolnik adjusts his Sidecar identification bib around his side view mirror Monday November 10, 2014. Yonatan Schkolnik drives paying customers for Sidecar and delivers groceries for Instacart in the Bay Area. less

Yonatan Schkolnik adjusts his Sidecar identification bib around his side view mirror Monday November 10, 2014. Yonatan Schkolnik drives paying customers for Sidecar and delivers groceries for Instacart in the ... more

Lyft cars, like this one in San Francisco last year, are inspected by fellow drivers.

Lyft cars, like this one in San Francisco last year, are inspected by fellow drivers.

Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

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FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2013 file photo, Lyft passenger Christina Shatzen gets into a car driven by Nancy Tcheou, in San Francisco. Lyft has managed to avoid much of the controversy that's been dogging Uber, and the image it projects appears to be a kinder, gentler one. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) less

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2013 file photo, Lyft passenger Christina Shatzen gets into a car driven by Nancy Tcheou, in San Francisco. Lyft has managed to avoid much of the controversy that's been dogging Uber, and ... more

Photo: Jeff Chiu, Associated Press

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San Francisco’s Uber offices.

San Francisco’s Uber offices.

Photo: James Tensuan, The Chronicle

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DMV to reconsider commercial plates for Uber, Lyft drivers

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In an abrupt U-turn, the California Department of Motor Vehicles late Friday retracted its finding that drivers for ride-hailing services like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar must obtain commercial license plates.

The DMV will meet with regulators and the industry to work through the issue, she said. Pending that review, the memo that affected the ride-hailing services “is hereby revoked including any reference to the requirement of a commercial plate.”

The DMV had issued its memo clarifying state law in response to inquiries from dealers and customers. Written in early January, the memo was sent to thousands of auto-related businesses statewide and was first reported by BuzzFeed.